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American author brian herbert was born on june 29th, 1947 and lives in washington state with his wife, jan. Vanishing act is the first of 8 books by thomas perry about jane whitefield, a native american who lives in the western new york area. Ebooks for 20p may be a novel idea, but it spells bad news. The author described his wasted youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography the abracadabra kid. When 12year old matt cooper came into sydney with his mother for an appointment to a specialist dentist he found heread more. Having foiled a plot at the ncaa final four tournament in last shot 2005, they are in new york city for the u. When 12year old matt cooper came into sydney with his mother for an appointment to a specialist dentist he found he was able to add three words to complete the old mans. The thing is, the first two books are under contract through skyscape, and part of this contract stipulates that i must wait. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Vanishing act jane whitefield book 1 kindle edition by perry, thomas. Vanishing act jane whitefield book 1 kindle edition by perry.